核心畫面
You can picture the Earth making one full loop around the sun — that whole journey, about 365 days, is one year: a complete cycle of seasons that comes round again and again.
可以想成：地球繞太陽走完整整一圈，這一圈大約 365 天，就是一年——春夏秋冬走過一輪、然後又從頭再來的一個完整循環…更多收起
可以想成：地球繞太陽走完整整一圈，這一圈大約 365 天，就是一年——春夏秋冬走過一輪、然後又從頭再來的一個完整循環。這個「轉滿一圈的時間單位」，可以當作 year 的根畫面。原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
yearnoun詞源 1/jɪə/
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
- we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
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An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
- Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
- Shepard: What can you tell me about the Citadel Council? Avina: Originally, the Council consisted of representatives from the asari and salarians, the two dominant species in Citadel space. Roughly 1,304 galactic standard years ago, turians were invited to join the Council in recognition of the role they played during the Krogan Rebellion.
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A period between set dates that mark a year, such as from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
- I was born in the year 1950.
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A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
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A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
- The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
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The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
- Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。